Like ACAAN, this effect is considered the Holy Grail of card magic. This version is completely impromptu, is performed with a normal deck, and the icing on the cake is that the “predicted” card is freely chosen by the spectator at the beginning of the trick! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

A fast-paced routine in which a chosen card disappears and reappears on numerous occasions, in places as different as they are unexpected... Each time, spectators will blink and wonder: did I see what I saw? To buy: - a regular red back deck of cards click here. - a blank face blue back deck click here.  

Basically, “Hand Mucking” is a gambler's technique for secretly exchanging one or more cards during a card game. Applied to card magic, these techniques allow you to magically transform one card (or several) into another (or several others). To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Four kings are placed face down on the table; four Aces are in the magician's hand. Instantly, the cards change places! A real killer! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

JeanLuc Bertrand shares his version of the “Card in the Cigarette”, an extremely powerful finale to your close-up performance. He explains his very personal way of setting up the trick, the simple techniques he uses, and his presentation. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A red card is set aside. In a blue-backed deck, a card is chosen by a spectator under laboratory conditions... and when the prediction card is shown... it's the same card! A real killer! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a regular single card click here. - some repositionable Adhesive Dots click here.  

Here's a nice simultaneous production of the four Aces from the deck. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

An essential technique to deal with many situations: for example, you will be able to control a card to the bottom of the deck! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The magician shows two blank cards, on which are handwritten the names of two cards: 5 of Diamonds and 6 of Clubs; this constitutes a kind of "Open Prediction" with two cards. One card from the deck is chosen by the spectator. It's face down, and nobody knows it yet. The magician gives himself 4 possibilities of having predicted the chosen card with his two prediction cards: it could therefore be a 5 or a 6 for value, and Diamonds or Clubs for suit. The chosen card is turned over: nothing to see, since it's the 4 of Hearts! The magician is dismayed, and turns over the two written cards on the table: they are both 4 de Hearts! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some single blank back card click here.  

A mysterious trick title! The “phantom” of a playing card magically moves from one card to another To buy: · a regular deck of cards click here. · a double-faced single card click here.  

The magician takes four black cards from the deck: these are the "ordinary" cards; then a single red card: this is the "extraordinary" card. And so begins the saga! The “extraordinary” card is magic: it transforms everything it touches! The “ordinary” cards are turned over one by one, and transformed into red cards, then into a four of a kind in Aces. At the end, the magician shows that all the cards in the deck are now gathered in four of a kind! To buy: - the basic trick click here. - a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician displays two decks of cards: the blue deck is a prediction deck, while the red deck allows two spectators to decide on a card: one determines the suit, the other the value. The cards from the prediction deck are taken out, and spread face-up on the table; only one card is face-down: it's the chosen card! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy some regular decks of cards click here. and click here.  

A chosen card is neatly lost in the middle of the deck on the table. A snap of the fingers, and all the cards turn face up, except for the chosen card. Another snap of the fingers, and all the cards have turned red... except the chosen card! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a double-backed red/blue single card click here. - some regular single cards click here.  

Card Technique: To give the illusion that the deck is shuffled with several cuts, but it remains in its original order. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

This routine is an exercise in style that allows you to lose the four Aces and get them back! Simple, but devilishly effective To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A double sandwich during which the magician never touches the cards... and ends with an instant transposition! Enjoy your meal! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some single double-faced card click here.>